Scissors
Two exhausted detectives pursue a sadistic murderer stalking LGBTQ+ victims through hookup apps and sexualized spaces.
Ember's analysis
- Pacing
- Brisk
- Intensity
- Extreme
- Complexity
- Easy to follow
- Violence
- Graphic
- harrowing
- paranoid
- grim
- late night horror viewing
- serial killer marathon
What sets it apart
May contain story progression spoilers
The killer specifically selects members of the LGBTQ+ community as victims.
The investigation concerns a killer who targets victims through hookup apps.
Two weary detectives are pushed to their limits while pursuing the increasingly brutal predator.
Glory holes are explicitly identified as one of the killer's targeting contexts.
Films like Scissors, and why
Se7en
shares serial-killer horror, investigative pursuit, graphic brutality, and a grim urban atmosphere
Cruising
shares queer-targeted horror, sadistic violence, sexualized menace, and confrontational genre intensity
Zodiac
shares police procedural tension, serial-killer investigation, and bleak psychological dread
Movie Details
- Directors
- B.J. Hendricks, Rob Mulligan
- Release Date
- 2025-09-05
- Runtime
- 98 min
- Rating
- 0.0 / 10
Cast
- Eric Roberts
- B.J. Hendricks
- Rob Mulligan
- Kung Fu Vampire
- Michael Vaccaro
- Smajl Trkov
- Ken May
- Ari Davis
- Henry Roe
- Bob East
Common questions
- What is Scissors about?
- Two exhausted detectives pursue a sadistic murderer stalking LGBTQ+ victims through hookup apps and sexualized spaces.
- What is Scissors like to watch?
- Ember's analysis rates the pacing of Scissors as brisk, its intensity as extreme and its storytelling as easy to follow.
- Is Scissors violent?
- Yes. Ember rates the violence in Scissors as graphic.
- Which films are like Scissors?
- Films with a similar feel include Se7en, Cruising, and Zodiac.
- How long is Scissors?
- Scissors runs 98 minutes.
